Interstate 295 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)
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| Providence Beltway | |||||||||
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| Length: | 26.58 mi (42.78 km) | ||||||||
| Existed: | 1969[1] – present | ||||||||
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| South end: |
 I‑95 in Warwick, RI | ||||||||
 US 6 in Johnston, RI US 44 in Smithfield, RI Route 146 in Lincoln, RI US 1 in North Attleborough, MA | |||||||||
| North end: |
I‑95 in Attleboro, MA | ||||||||
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Rhode Island Routes
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Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295 also known as Providence Beltway) is an Interstate route 26.58 miles (42.78 km) in length within the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It serves as a western bypass around Providence, Rhode Island with the southern terminus located in Warwick, Rhode Island and the northern terminus in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Route description
Interstate 295 serves as a partial circumferential highway around Providence. The terminals of Interstate 295 are located in Warwick (interstate 95 exit 11 Northbound/12B Southbound), a partial access Y interchange (no direct ramps from interstate 295 south to interstate 95 north) and Attleboro (interstate 95 exit 4/ interstate 295 exit 2 Northbound) as a truncated/stubbed cloverleaf interchange.
History
In the mid-1950s, the state of Rhode Island introduced plans to build a beltway around Providence, then known as Relocated Route 5 for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System. A modified version of this plan was accepted, with another modification done in 1960 resulting in a planned alignment. Construction began in 1964 and the original route was completed by 1975. The original intention was to have interstate 295 act as a full ring road around the greater Providence area with the alignment roughly following Route 37 across Narragansett Bay and continuing in a Northern direction with a major interchange located at Interstate 195 exit 2 in Swansea, Massachusetts before heading west towards Attleboro. Due to opposition from communities in the proposed alignment, cancellation occurred in 1982.
The original alignment of Interstate 84 called for an east-west right of way from the Rhode Island and Connecticut state line (Willimantic, Connecticut and Foster, Rhode Island) to Johnston, Rhode Island through the Scituate Reservoir. The connection with Interstate 295 was planned as a full interchange with flyover ramps. Due to fears of runoff affecting the Scituate Reservoir, this alignment of Interstate 84 was cancelled. This interchange (Exits 6A-C) currently acts as multiplex for US 6 with a partial interchange with Route 10 further down US 6. The ramp that was originally going to be used to merge onto I-84 West from I-295 North has been converted to a turnaround ramp (Exit 6B) from I-295 North to I-295 South.
Exit list
In 2016, it was announced that both Rhode Island and Massachusetts interchanges were to have new numbers based on route mileage. Massachusetts was scheduled to start in 2016[2] with the proposed exit numbers being 2 and 4. However, in mid-2016, MassDOT decided to indefinitely postpone the project.[3] RIDOT is still slated to renumber its portion of Interstates 295's exits by 2018 in a plan announced in March 2016.[4][5]
| State | County | Location[6] | mi[6] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Rhode Island | Kent | Warwick | 0.00 | 0.00 | I‑95 south – New York | Southern terminus; Also includes a ramp from I-95 south to I-295 north, exit 12B; north exit 11 (RI) | ||
| 0.70 | 1.13 | 1 |  Route 113 west – West Warwick | |||||
| 1.10 | 1.77 | 2 |  Route 2 north – Oaklawn | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 1.50 | 2.41 | 2 | Route 2 south – Warwick | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| Providence | Cranston | 3.70 | 5.95 | 3 |   Route 37 to Route 2 / Route 51 – Cranston, T. F. Green Airport, Coventry | Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west) | ||
| Johnston | 6.50 | 10.46 | 4 |  Route 14 (Plainfield Pike) | ||||
| 7.60 | 12.23 | 5 | Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial Park | Opened in 2005 | ||||
| 8.80 | 14.16 | 6 | US 6 (US 6A east) – Providence, Hartford | Signed as exits 6A (US 6 east), 6B (northbound U-turn to I-295 south), and 6C (US 6 west/US 6A east) northbound | ||||
| Smithfield | 12.20 | 19.63 | 7 | US 44 – North Providence, Smithfield | Signed as exits 7A (east) and 7B (west) | |||
| 15.40 | 24.78 | 8 |  Route 7 – North Smithfield, North Providence | Signed as exits 8A (south) and 8B (north) | ||||
| Lincoln | 18.70 | 30.09 | 9 | Route 146 – Woonsocket, Worcester | Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north) | |||
| Cumberland | 21.10 | 33.96 | 10 |  Route 122 – Cumberland | ||||
| 22.80 | 36.69 | 11 |  Route 114 – Cumberland | |||||
| RI–MA border | 23.50 0.00 | 37.82 0.00 | Rhode Island–Massachusetts state line | |||||
| Massachusetts | Bristol | North Attleborough | 1.86 | 2.99 | 1 | US 1 south – Pawtucket, North Attleborough | Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) | |
| Attleboro | 4.03 | 6.49 | 2 | I‑95 – Boston, Providence | Northern terminus; I-95 exit 4 (MA); Signed as exits 2A (south) and 2B (north) | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0295ma
- ↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2015). "COMMBUYS - Bid Solicitation FAP# HSIP-002S(874) Exit Signage Conversion to Milepost-Based Numbering System along Various Interstates, Routes and the Lowell Connector". Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Robert H. Malme (2017). "Massachusetts Interstate Highways Exit Lists". Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ↑ http://wpri.com/2016/03/29/ri-set-to-renumber-all-its-highway-exit-signs/
- ↑ Robert H. Malme (2017). "I-295 and I-395 in Mass. Current and Future Exit Lists". Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- 1 2 MassDOT Planning Division. "Massachusetts Route Log Application". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
External links
Route map: Google
- I-295 on Kurumi.com
- Interstate 295-Rhode Island
- Current and Speculative Future I-295 and I-395 Exit Numbers List
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